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Gecko23 <gk_2345 AT my-deja DOT com> wrote in message
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> In article <39ebbf58 DOT 0 AT news DOT tm DOT net DOT my>,
>   "chimin" <chiminng AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> > i am a newbie in windows programming, where can i find some tutorial
> on
> > windows programming?
> > i am now using DJGPP 2.952 and RSXNTDJ
>
> First off, get rid of RSXNTDJ. Its just not good enough. Once long ago,
> it was the only solution and a real light in the darkness, but its been
> eclipsed by better solutions.
>
> Why jump through hoops when you can grab a real windows compiler, like
> LCC-WIN32, Ming32, Cygnus, etc. and have compatibility, support,
> active/usefull mailing lists, etc? (No I'm not flaming this list, its
> one of the great strengths of DJGPP IMHO.)
>
> For the record there is no free-ware windows compiler that will give
> the same functionality of VC++ on windows, but they are getting closer
> all of the time. (There are also no IDEs that compare to VC++, although
> VIDE is getting better all the time.)

I haven't used VC++ (but I've seen it used)
But if you want a pretty nice IDE that is built
on top of Ming32 (or Cygnus) you might want to
check out Dev-C++ (http://www.bloodshed.net)


--Mark